A big congratulations to the Hong Kong team, it's great to see Wikimania coming back to the Asia-Pacific region after a long break! :-)
Commiserations to the London team, but also congratulations, it was an exceptionally fine bid and I hope to see that conference take shape, either as a separate event or as a future successful Wikimania bid! Cheers, Craig On 4 May 2012 00:04, Florence Devouard <[email protected]> wrote: > I am sure you guys will finish with flying colors :) > That's great news Yuyu. I look forward us moving again to Asia to meet you > guys > > Flo > > > On 5/3/12 12:34 PM, Jeromy-Yu Chan (Jerry~Yuyu) wrote: > > Halo Everyone > > (Firstly, short statement on behalf the team) > > Thank you for your congratulations, we honored that we are awarded to host > the 9th global Wikimedia Conference. > our team will work as best as we can, to facilitate such conference, and > meet your expectations. > > and we are lOOking forward to seeing you here in Hong Kong, and hope you > will enjoy the conference! > > > (then a longer part of personal thoughts) > > I recently read a story on Facebook: > Once upon a time, a boy behave badly in school, with very poor results > and his teacher told his father about the situation. > > Then the father tell his kids, if the boy can get 0 mark in the exam > then the boy can do whatever he wants > > But the boy found his way to get 0 marks, but actually he learnt all the > correct answer in order to write down the wrong answer > Then his father told him, actually the boy actually can finishes his school > works with flying colors > > <end of story> > > Actually the Hong Kong bid was similar situations, > even you ask me about the possibility having a Wikimania in Hong Kong > I would tell you that's impossible. > > Even when we start to "explore the possibility to have a Wikimania in HK" > I personally thinks that would be a process proving it is impossible > > but more and more supports comes, more volunteers willing to helps. > > Our fellow local team really fights bit and bit for support, > that's why they are so eager to get the bid, > because we all know that is not really easy to have such support > especially for group with almost every organizer is so young :) > > > Well, there is still a lot things to be done ahead > so better end my note here, and get back to work! > > A BIG thank you to everyone involved in the bidding process, especially to > all the bidding teams! > > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Katie Chan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Congratulation Hong Kong! I'll be there. :) >> >> -- >> Experience is a good school but the fees are high. >> - Heinrich Heine >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > -- > Jeromy-Yu Chan, Jerry > http://yuyu.be/txt > http://about.me/jeromyu > UID: Jeromyu > (on Facebook, Twitter, Plurk & most sites) > > Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 > Οὔτε τι τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ἄξιον ὂν μεγάλης σπουδῆς > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
